Excerpt from The Official Residents’ Guide to Moon Base Alpha, © 2040 by National Aeronautics and Space Administration:

MENTAL HEALTH

At MBA, every effort has been made to create a relaxing, enjoyable environment for all lunarnauts. However, as you will be among the first humans to ever live on a non-earth celestial object, you will be subjected to things that few of your fellow humans have ever experienced. Therefore, as part of our commitment to provide the finest medical care possible, all lunarnauts are required to visit the base psychiatrist on a regularly scheduled basis.

Keep in mind, there is no evidence that life on the moon causes any mental conditions that life on earth does not.^I This psychiatric monitoring and assessment will help us learn about the effects of lunar life on MBA residents and help us plan for future voyages—perhaps to places even farther than the moon! In addition, psychiatric sessions can be relaxing, enlightening, and even fun. So make the most of them.

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I. Although there is some minor evidence that disruption of the standard earth day can lead to depression.